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* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'':

* In ''LightNovel/NoRin'', episode 7, it starts with Kosaku and Kei noticing that they both have big bellies. At first, they thought it was muscle, but after seeing Yuka and Minori very chubby, they concluded they the 4 of them are getting fat, thanks to Yuka's cooking.

In a world where being very skinny (or buff if you're a guy) is the ideal and being [[FatBastard over]][[FatIdiot weight]] is dreaded, [[TruthInTelevision many people are self-conscious about their weight]]. Media, Internet and socia media depictions of impossibly perfect celebrities only makes it worse.

In a world where being very skinny (or buff if you're a guy) is the ideal and being [[FatBastard over]][[FatIdiot weight]] is dreaded, [[TruthInTelevision many people are self-conscious about their weight]].

* ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'': In the episode "[[Recap/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS2E9Pixies Pixies]]", a young gymnast is found murdered. One of the other gymnasts Benson speaks to is upset at having gotten hers (although at her age, she's likely been menstruating for several years) because she thinks it means that she has too much body fat. Sadly TruthInTelevision in the gymnastics world.[[note]]As recently as 2020, Olympic coach Maggie Haney was suspended for emotional abuse that included telling girls that getting their period meant they were fat and not working hard enough[[/note]].

* The video for Music/DaftPunk's "The Prime Time of Your Life" seems to be about a young girl who sees herself as very fat while seeing everyone else as skeletons. Eventually [[spoiler: she tears her skin off and kills herself in an attempt to be like everyone else.]]

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* French actress Isabelle Caro gained world fame when she posed for a [[http://img.welt.de/img/prominente/crop102009797/7009732832-ci3x2l-w540/jw-hunger-DW-Politik-Rome.jpg ''No Anorexia'']] campaign that specifically targeted the film and fashion industry for forcing actresses and models to be unnaturally thin, encouraging anorexia. She died in 2010 of pneumonia at the age of only 28 since her body was too weakened to handle the sickness. Her lowest weight had been only 25 kg(50 pounds) at age 24.
* Creator/TraceyGold, who played Carol Seaver on ''Series/GrowingPains,'' seriously battled with anorexia nervosa for much of her life. Her condition became life-threatening during the filming of ''Growing Pains'' [[HarsherInHindsight when her character was mocked as "fat" in multiple episodes, making her more obsessive about weight in real life]]. In 1992, she had to resign from the show for medical reasons, and would not return until the series finale.
** Tracey actually went on to star in the television film ''For The Love of Nancy'', which was about a teenage girl suffering from anorexia after graduating high school and entering college. This was made in 1994, two years after ''Growing Pains'' ended.
* Karen Carpenter of the popular 1960/1970s pop-rock group the Music/{{Carpenters}} suffered from anorexia nervosa and died from complications of the condition in 1983 at age 32.
* Creator/JennetteMcCurdy struggled with this, thanks large in part due to her overbearing mother, as detailed in her memoir ''I'm Glad My Mom Died''. When her body start changing from puperty, her mother put her on a restrictive diet so she could apply for younger roles. Her mother also dissuaded Jeanette from pursuing her interest in writing or directing, because she argued the activities might make her fat. Not surprisingly, McCurdy struggled with anorexia later in life, and eventually realized her mother's negative influence when she sought treatment for her condition.
* Music/AlanisMorissette struggled with both anorexia and bulimia as a teenager (including during her early success as a pop-dance singer in Canada), crediting a friend and her therapist with helping her get on the road to recovery.
* Creator/LordByron -- [[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/byron-was-severely-anorexic-1176779.html obsessed with his weight and fasting.]]
* Music/NicoleDollanganger wrote (and shared) her first song ("Coma Baby") while she was hospitalized and bedridden for two eating disorders.
* Generally speaking, women not only gain weight more easily than men, but many have a significantly more difficult time losing it, particularly in the abdomen.
** Part of this is because when you lose weight, no matter what part of you that you're exercising, you shed weight in order of the parts of the body that need it the least -- in a woman the abdomen being the last place with any excess because any fat makes for a great cushion to protect your reproductive organs. In men, it's the thighs that are the last place with an excess.
** Along the same vein, regardless of gender, weight loss becomes harder and harder as a person ages, so a twenty-year-old would have a much easier time of it than a forty-year-old.
** It has been proven that once fat cells fill up with fat, more fat cells will grow to accommodate the excess, and they never go away. Even after liposuction, these extra fat cells will ''grow back'', which is why it's so easy to regain weight even after losing it. Extremely useful for the lifestyle of our hunter-gatherer ancestors. Not so much our modern sedentary one.
* Due to the strictness of Asian, and particularly Korean, beauty standards, this is often a major concern for various Asian idols and celebrities, especially women as seen in [[https://youtu.be/8ILTtJDtebI?t=20 this clip]]. There have been several cases of idols who developed eating disorders, starved themselves, and adopted unhealthy eating habits all because of those rigorous standards. Some would also confess that their companies [[HollywoodPudgy have told them that they looked 'fat']] and urged them to lose weight even though they are already super skinny. This considerable pressure is something that even big celebrities who have been in the industry for a long time, and thus, should no longer "be required" to go on diets like in their training days, can still be subjected to, as well. In contrast, there are other idols who avert this by taking pride in gaining healthy weight and not going on diets.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', after first transforming into a giant red panda, Mei Lee is deeply distressed by the enormous amount of weight her new form adds to her, at one point shaking her huge belly in despair.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', after first transforming into a giant red panda, Mei is distressed by the enormous amount of weight her new form adds to her, at one point shaking her huge belly in despair.

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** In another story, Nelson Muntz starts living with the Simpsons and spends a lot of his time making repairs around the house due to Homer's stupidity. As a result, he spends most of his time in school asleep. Without Nelson's bullying, the kids are able to use their lunch money to actually ''buy'' lunch, but because the cafeteria food is grossly unhealthy (they serve Cream of Lard), most of the student body becomes very overweight. Lisa's an exception because she brings a vegetarian lunch to school.

Compare HugeSchoolGirl, a girl who is much taller and more developed than her peers and is insecure about it, HeightAngst, where a character is self-conscious about their height instead of their width, and RealWomenHaveCurves, where higher body fat is portrayed as the ideal. Contrast FatAndProud {{Big Beautiful Wom|an}}en/{{Big Beautiful M|an}}en--the former of whom are comfortable with their size and the latter are portrayed as sexy despite or ''because'' they are overweight. Both compare and contrast ObsessedWithFood, as a person who is self-conscious about their weight will very often be obsessed with food itself as well, though it will not seem like it on the surface.

-->''"Some people in this world can eat anything and never get fat! It makes me so jealous! I eat a cookie crumb and suddenly I'm saddled with a buffer of blubber. To make matters worse, my wife and daughter are always scrutinizing my diet. Can't a man enjoy a pastry wheel in peace?!"''

* High Rank Hunter Ayame from ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterRise'' claims to be gaining weight thanks to eating tons of dango and being unable to burn it off thanks to an injury preventing her from working as a Hunter. While she isn't happy about it, she manages to be a good sport and quips "My zenny pouch keeps getting lighter and my pants keep getting tighter!"
* Cecily from ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'' is implied to be like this. Using Inquire/Scrutinize on the various fighters around Victors Hollow gives you various combat information on them, including their height and weight. What does Cecily's profile say for weight?

* Subverted in ''VideoGame/Persona4''; Hanako claims to be dieting (which means she only eats one bucket of curry), and uses it as a justification for [[FatBastard not sharing some of her food]] ([[BigEater despite having more than enough to share]]) [[FatBastard with the starving protagonists]].
* In ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl''/''Platinum'', a woman named Julia hands out ribbons to the player if they choose words to fill in certain sentences based on feelings. Wednesday's theme is sadness, and she's upset because she gained some weight and a favorite dress of hers no longer fits right.
* Some of the women in ''VideoGame/RuneFactory4'' make a big fuss over their fear of gaining weight from the Eating Contest event, even though all of them are fairly slender and are never ''shown'' to gain weight. If you play as a male protagonist, Nancy has to remind you that women are always going to obsess over their weight so it's best not to ask questions.
* The backstory of the boss Justine in ''VideoGame/ShadowsOfTheDamned'' had her suffering this. She was a famous and highly regarded opera singer in life and had more than her fair share of admirers. Sadly, she suffered such severe body image issues due to her weight (she was a BigBeautifulWoman) that she failed to notice this admiration. At one point she tore up a love letter because she wrongly interpreted it as making fun of her weight. She then made a DealWithTheDevil to sacrifice her beautiful voice in exchange for the body she always wanted. The end result was that she was DrivenToSuicide via ''tearing out her own vocal cords'', which somehow gave her a thin body.

* Creator/JennetteMcCurdy struggled with this, thanks large in part due to her overbearing mother, as detailed in her memoir I'm Glad My Mom Died. When her body start changing from puperty, her mother put her on a restrictive diet so she could apply for younger roles. Her mother also dissuaded Jeanette from pursuing her interest in writing or directing, because she argued the activities might make her fat. Not surprisingly, McCurdy struggled with anorexia later in life, and eventually realized her mother's negative influence when she sought treatment for her condition.

* Creator/JennetteMcCurdy struggled with this, thanks large in part due to her overbearing mother, as detailed in her memoir <i>I'm Glad My Mom Died</i>. When her body start changing from puperty, her mother put her on a restrictive diet so she could apply for younger roles. Her mother also dissuaded Jeanette from pursuing her interest in writing or directing, because she argued the activities <i>might make her fat</i>. Not surprisingly, McCurdy struggled with anorexia later in life, and eventually realized her mother's negative influence when she sought treatment for her condition.

* In ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'', Haruyuki Arita is an overweight boy who has severe self-esteem problems that, among other things, are related to his weight. In the second OVA, Haru's weight means that he's in danger of possibly being forced to attend a special health session, which would prevent him from participating in the territory battles.

* Nearly every character in the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series has their height, weight, and other stats about them listed openly. The exception is Chun-Li's weight, which has been consistently listed as "secret", rather than "unknown" like other characters. It's possible that her [[ShesGotLegs famously muscular legs]] might add more to her weight than she's comfortable with.